Armstrong Vs. United States - Court Judgment

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Court

US Supreme Court

Decided On

May-27-1901

Case Number

182 U.S. 243

Appellant

Armstrong

Respondent

United States

Excerpt:
armstrong v. united states - 182 u.s. 243 (1901)
u.s. supreme court
armstrong v. united states, 182 u.s. 243 (1901)
armstrong v. united states
no. 609
argued january 8-11, 1901
decided may 27, 1901
82 u.s. 243
appeal from the court of claims
syllabus
dooley v. united states, ante,
182 u. s. 222
, followed.
this was a petition to the court of claims by a british subject, to recover duties exacted by the collector of the port of san juan, and paid under protest, upon goods, wares, and merchandise of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the united states, between august 12, 1898, and december 5, 1899.
the same demurrer was filed and the same judgment was entered as in the preceding case.
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Judgment:

Armstrong v. United States - 182 U.S. 243 (1901)
U.S. Supreme Court
Armstrong v. United States, 182 U.S. 243 (1901)

This was a petition to the Court of Claims by a British subject, to recover duties exacted by the collector of the port of San Juan, and paid under protest, upon goods, wares, and merchandise of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, between August 12, 1898, and December 5, 1899.

The same demurrer was filed and the same judgment was entered as in the preceding case.

This case is controlled by the case of
Dooley v. United States,
No. 501, just decided. So far as the duties were exacted upon goods imported prior to the ratification of the Treaty of April 11, 1899, they were properly exacted. So far as they were imposed upon importations after that date and prior to December 5, 1899, plaintiff is entitled to recover them back.

The judgment of the Court of Claims is therefore reversed, and the case remanded to that court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.